Senate Passes New Minimum Wage Of N70,000 Into Law
The Nigerian Senate has passed into the law the newly amended national minimum wage Act. In a speedy way, the bill, scaled first, second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu and was immediately…
BREAKING: President Bola Tinubu Approves N70,000 Minimum Wage
President Bola Tinubu has approved a minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. President Tinubu announced the decisions at the meeting held with leaders of TUC and…
Tinubu to make final decision on new minimum wage Thursday
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu may likely take a final decision on the new minimum wage on Thursday this week. He said the President will be meeting with the organised Labour…
Minimum wage: Govs can’t dictate what to pay —NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday rebuked governors for asking to be allowed to pay whatever they can afford as minimum wage to workers. Negotiations for minimum wage between organised labour and government has been deadlocked with the federal government offering N62,000…
BREAKING: FEC steps down memo on new national minimum wage
The meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday stepped down deliberation on the minimum wage memorandum brought before it. This, according to the minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, is…
Minimum wage: State govts should determine what they can pay – Fayemi
Former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State state government should determine what they can pay as minimum wage. Fayemi stated this in an interview of Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. The Federal Government and labour unions have been at…
New national minimum wage ready, awaiting legislative action- Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has revealed that a consensus has been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour. In his national broadcast to mark the 2024 Democracy Day in Abuja on Wednesday, Tinubu revealed…
Soludo cautions Tinubu against approving new minimum wage
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has advised President Bola Tinubu against approving a new minimum wage that states cannot afford to pay. Soludo gave the charge while speaking on The Platform, a programme by Lagos-based church, Covenant Nation, to mark…
Labour may resume strike Tuesday after rejecting N62,000, insists on N250,000
The Organised Labour has said it will not accept any N62,000 or N100,000 “starvation wage” as the minimum wage for Nigerian workers. It insisted on N250,000, being its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum…
Breaking: Labour Shifts To ₦497,000, Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦57,000 Wage Proposal
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NlC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected a new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage by the Federal Government. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal…